Being the only place in Germany with some actually significant elevation (despite having livede in the Netherlands I don't think other areas in Germany really qualify as mountaineous), the Alps obviously offer a different suite of birds than the rest of the country. I have only been to the foothills so far and as a … Continue reading Bavarian Alps Hiking Tour, 22. – 29.06.2024
After having twitched the Wallcreeper at the Drachenfels outside Bonn in January (covered in my previous post), I visited the site again with my parents so that my father could see the bird as well. The bird had now been around for over two months and drew a significant number of birders in this time. … Continue reading Peregrine Falcons at the Drachenfels, 10.02.2024
While recently doing some random bird-related research on my laptop, I suddenly gasped in disbelief as I saw the words "Wallcreeper" and "Bonn" in the same sentence. Upon a little more reading I realized that a Wallcreeper had been seen close to the city since late December, and remained there throughout January. I was surprised … Continue reading Wallcreeper at the Drachenfels (Bonn), 27.01.2024
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